The Luckiest OrphansFounded in 1860, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York was the oldest, largest, and best known Jewish orphanage in the United States until its closing in 1941. This book, the first history of an orphanage ever published, tells the story of the HOA's development from a nineteenth century institution into a model twentieth century child care facility. Because of the humane and benevolent attitude of the New York Jewish community toward its orphans, the